In the UK, one of the few growth sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic has been transportation services and in particular, food delivery.
By the end of March 2020, revenue in the UK online groceries delivery segment was up by 11.5% compared with Jan-March in the previous year. Despite the amount of traffic on our roads falling to levels not seen since 1955 during the pandemic, the number of people driving for work to deliver food and other items has increased.
In the same month, Tesco added more than 200 new vans and hired another 2,500 drivers. Other supermarkets such as…
